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When it comes to the Apple Watch, it’s important to know this: Before its arrival last year I was 1) initially skeptical about the whole concept; 2) willing to give it a try as details emerged; and 3) among the first wave of buyers to plunk down $599 and put it on my wrist. I’ve been loving and hating on it ever …

WatchOS 2 is the second version of the operating system that powers the Apple Watch lineup, and it arrives about five months after the wearable’s debut — and five days after it was originally expected. Even though it’s been only a few months since supplies caught up with the initial high demand, development of the underlying operating system has continued. WatchOS …

Disruptive technology doesn’t come along often, and is often initially dismissed because it’s easy to ignore something you’ve lived an entire life without. But every once in a while a bit of tech comes along that makes it easier to do what you’re already doing. This is the Apple Watch. I wasn’t always sold on the concept. Aside from issues related to …

Michael deAgoniaThe Apple Watch disrupts, but is that enough?09.16.2015

After being one of the first to receive an Apple Watch: Was it worth it? It’s seemed like a long wait from when rumors of the Apple Watch first emerged two years ago to April 10, 2015, when Apple began accepting pre-orders. I was one of the lucky early purchasers and my Watch has finally arrived. So was all that …

I spent a few days combing the app selection for the Watch; here are the best ones (as of 4/29/15): I’ve been combing through the Apple Watch app store’s 3,000+ entries to figure out which apps I want (and which ones other Watch wearers might need). To explore the App Store, you need to first download the Apple Watch app …

After months and months of wait, it’s time. Apple Watch pre-orders begin at midnight tonight, Pacific time (that’s 3 a.m. ET Friday), with the Watch arriving in stores and from the delivery man on April 24. It also means that on Monday morning, April 27, a lot of early adopters — having spent the weekend figuring out how their new wearable …

It’s not the same as using it with an iPhone; it’s easier. So, it’s April 25, 2015 and the delivery man has just delivered your new Apple Watch. Your first instinct: Spend more hard-earned cash trying out Apple’s mobile payment system, Apple Pay. The question is, how? Read the article…

With the new MacBook, ResearchKit, Apple Pay and even HBO Now, Apple showed it’s still innovating. When Apple execs took the stage on Monday, virtually everyone expected them to focus on the soon-to-be-released Apple Watch. That, they did. The Watch, we now know, arrives in retail on April 24, and it did indeed get most of the attention. But it …

Michael deAgoniaApple ‘Springs Forward’ With More Than Just the Watch…03.18.2015

Apple Watch will do to the watch market what iPhone did to cellphones. Apple, which unveiled the Apple Watch in September (it’s due out in April and starts at $349), faces a modern audience for whom watches have become increasingly irrelevant. With wearables already on the market mostly limited to a tech-savvy fitness crowd, it’s natural to ask whether the …